Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-07-21

senting the nine pps in the playing card.
In Eustace's first communication, was 6,
Z, 2, y, %, !, 4, 8, g. Taking as my guide
the alphabetical letter A, found that the
notation In Eustace Rutland's second COM
munication was 3, O, l, 8, 2, 0, 4, g, z. I
placed the playing card, with its pips cut
out, over the paper, and the following was
revealed:
"Of-strect-at -night-chester - cor
-o'clock-nine-Tuesd
Arranging these words according to the
new notation of figures, they formed this
sentence:
"At corner of Chester street Tuesday
night nine o'clock"
Now, " thought /, 'this may have been
an appointment"
III so-nnd nothing was more likely-I
could derive no assistance from It. 1t
conveyed no information, and contained
nothing which would assist rue in nv in
qutries. IL was very likely that should
light upon something further, and pro
cceded with my task. The figure i'm
mediately following the nlphabetic letter
A was IL, which meant, IL / were on the
right track, that the second sentence in
this communication was composed of
twelve words. followed the same pro-
cess / had previously employed, and the
twelve words formed themselves thus:
'Awfully hard up ida is an angel love
her TO distraction"
So rs to finish this communication. I
unravelled the last ten words and found
them tn be:
II will do all in my power yours till
death"
This / set aside rs being intended to
convey no meaning. The first sentence.
making an appointment at the corner of
chester street, was, whether correct or
not, OF little Importance. concentrated
my attention upon the second sentence of
twelve words: "Awfully hard up ida is
an angel love her to distraction
So the yocng scamp was hard up again
and knew that his sister would respond
to his appeal. And he was in love. too,
and ida was an angel Ida, of course,
was a capital /.
i jumped to my feet as if had been
shot. Ida! What was the name of Mrs.
Layton's maid, who had given such damn
ing evidence against the man / meant to
set frcey Ida White,
Not common name. An unusual one
i walked about the room in n state of
great excitement. Ida White, the sngcl,
and Eustace Rutland, the scamp. But
the woman must be at least eight or ten
years older than Eustace. What mat
tered that All the more likely her hold
upon him. Young fools frequently fall in
love with women much older than them
selves, and when the women get the
chance they don't let the youngsters es-
cape easily. Yes, opposite to each other
stood two men-one worthless ne'er do
well, the other mArtyrl Opposite to
each other stood two women-one a
scheming woman Of the world, the other
suffering, heart broken grill I would
save the noble ones. Yes, would save
themI The chain was forming link by
! link.
| broke off here to dispatch kilograms Ia
two Of my confidential agents. Ny in.
structions to them were to employ them.
selves Immediately in discovering where
} Ida White, the maid who had given evi
/ dence against her master at the trial, was
/ living, and having found it, not to lose
sight of her for n single moment, but tC
set strict watch upon her, and TO take
note Of her proceedings and movements
however trivial they might be- These tel
| egrams being dispatched returned TO my
task.
The two sealed letters which Dr. Daln
court had received from Mrs. Rutland lay
before me- took up the first, which
knew to be in Eustace's handwriting.
opened IL. It was OF n similar nature Il
the two ] had already examined and in
terpreted. There Is no need here to repeal
the details Of the process by means o.
which ] read this third communication, {
copy Of which / also append: